MP McQueen

October 07, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Proposed regulations for national security reviews of deals under the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. involving foreign stakes in U.S. businesses that store large amounts of "sensitive personal data" will likely mean scrutiny of many more transactions than before, especially insurers and other data-driven companies, lawyers said.

By MP McQueen

8 minute read

October 03, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it had demanded reports from six e-cigarette manufacturers about their sales, promotion and advertising practices.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

October 01, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Risks to deals from antitrust regulators are rising around the globe. Here are six big trends from antitrust experts and how to deal with them.

By MP McQueen

8 minute read

September 27, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, Mylan, headquartered in the Netherlands with U.S. operations based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, agreed to the entry of a final judgment ordering a $30 million penalty and permanently enjoining it from violating sections of the Securities Act of 1933 and Securitiies Exchange Act of 1934.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

September 25, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The proposals for expanded review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the interagency panel at the Department of the Treasury, could catch some real estate investors and funds off-guard, international trade and national security lawyers said.

By MP McQueen

11 minute read

September 24, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Clients have needed extra guidance to deal with the upheaval created by trade tension and geopolitical uncertainty.

By MP McQueen

10 minute read

September 18, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

"They opted for a very detailed approach where they saw specific national security concerns and as a result they have come up with a complex set of rules focused on those specific areas." said Christian C. Davis, an international trade partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C.

By MP McQueen

6 minute read

September 17, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

The new rules would expand requirements for review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the interagency panel, to include minority stakes in investments in more industries and additional real estate transactions, under the law enacted by Congress last year.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

September 11, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Owned by South Korean company Dongwon Industries, Starkist, whose U.S. headquarters is in Pittsburgh, agreed to plead guilty to felony antitrust charges last October.

By MP McQueen

3 minute read

September 11, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Vivene Salmon is the first person of color and only the second in-house attorney ever elected to lead the more than 36,000-member Canadian Bar Association, founded in 1896, which represents lawyers, judges, notaries, law professors and law students.

By MP McQueen

8 minute read